#72ABA2#72ABA2

#72ABA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.061 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABA2
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 162)
HSL	hsl(171, 25%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(171, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 5.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, -20.62, -1.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 20.67, 183.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.0611 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.061 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0216, 35.3102, 39.5144)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABA2 #AB727B

analogous

#72AB85 #72ABA2 #7297AB

triadic

#72ABA2 #A272AB #ABA272

tetradic

#72ABA2 #8572AB #AB727B #97AB72

square

#72ABA2 #8572AB #AB727B #97AB72

split-complementary

#72ABA2 #AB7297 #AB8572

monochromatic

#3D665F #548C83 #72ABA2 #98C2BB #BFD9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#72ABA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#72ABA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABA2

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABA2	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A5A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.061 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc4bd',
    500: '#72aba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aba2;
$custom-light: #9dc4bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.526,
    "s": 25.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69916,
    "c": 0.06119,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABA2

secondary

#C8B1B4

accent

#6675C2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABA2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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